For a long time, Trump was openly for a single payer system. It's true he succeeded in keeping the issue out of the spotlight during the election.

I'm not completely against it in theory. In practice, the government would tend to make a very inefficient system that was built to rip people off and
channel profits to large corporations.

If anyone can do better, it's Trump. He knows how to run large scale business, and won without having to take anywhere near as much money from the
industry as a typical politician would have, let alone Hillary, the biggest pay-for-play scammer in political history.

The view from the big chair is different. First I'd expect him to explore what is really possible to get done from up there.

originally posted by: Gumerk
Does anyone know what kind of health care system Trump aims to put in place of The Affordable Healthcare Act? Very important for so many Americans.
Thanks

Health care should be free for everyone at the point of use, it's a universal necessity that all citizens ought to be entitled to.
If it wasn't for the big diss between the medical profession and the drug makers, the cost mightn't be anywhere as much as drugs cost today, same goes
for consultancies, and it's a big money maker with a 'captive' audience so to say.

More Americans have insurance now than ever before! There needs be a way to get the cost down for us. I think it would be foolish to completely due
away with it, but that's what Trump said, oh well.

There should be ways, but when things are left to market forces you can bet it will always be expensive, the same old merry-go-round, all that changes
is the colour of the Carousel.
It might be worth looking for cheaper drugs though, maybe/there are, some patents have expired and could be made much cheaper, AKA Generic drugs.

Good god, heaven forbid the government attempts to give people who can't afford health care coverage or dropped by their providers because of a
serious illness.
In my eyes people who deny or denounce universal healthcare provided or aided by some form of government have zero empathy for others lives.
Capitalistic greed, check you privilege for once.

I don't want government involved in my healthcare as long as I am able bodied and able to work a job to buy it. That being said yes, I don't mind
paying taxes to provide for those that cannot work, children and the elderly. I want the government to quit screwing me out of a full time job because
they didn't close a loophole requiring employers to provide insurance to those who now work 30 hours a week or more. That just gave big corporations
license to make all the jobs they could part time. So not only am I being screwed by the government, the big corporations are screwing me too. You'd
think I'd get a kiss at least.

The first thing I'd do to control costs is completely subsidize medical school and buy out their existing student loans. Instead of debt, give young
doctors-to-be a stipend even. It has been a while since I did the back of the envelope sort of math, but iirc it was very affordable. The whole
student loan system needs reformed somehow or another and this should be an easy and obvious first part of it.

As part of the deal, begin expanding medical training again with incentives and direct spending. The number of doctors trained per year has been
relatively stagnant due to basic trade protectionism. The result is that doctors make a lot of money (once they are in their 40s-50s) but are very
overworked. The solution is helping doctors prosper with this and other solutions, like tax breaks on income earned from medical services.

originally posted by: smurfy
There should be ways, but when things are left to market forces you can bet it will always be expensive, the same old merry-go-round, all that changes
is the colour of the Carousel.

The market was left to market forces in the past, in the days before insurance.

Before insurance, healthcare was relatively inexpensive in real prices. When people couldn't pay, Doctors would take the loss. That usually happened
on emergency lifesaving procedures whereas care that was not essential life saving simply wouldn't get done if you couldn't pay up front.

While insurance has lead to runaway cost increases, it has also inarguably lead the advancement of medical science and better care. More non-essential
care happens now, leading to more advances so it has lead to better standards of care overall. So I wouldn't argue for a complete return to the way
things used to be.

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